Name: Della Clancy.

Title: Executive director, Junior Achievement Ireland.

School: Holy Faith Clontarf, UCD and the University of Leicester.

Marital status: Married to Chris.

Children: Michael, John and Carl.

Home: Blackrock.

Most important life event: Giving birth (to Junior Achievement).

Biggest business break: Still waiting for a break.

Biggest business mistake: Not playing golf.

Time of getting up: 15 minutes earlier each year to cope with increased traffic.

Time of finishing work: Definitely same day I start.

Favourite breakfast: Fresh fruit, coffee on a balcony in the sunshine.

Form of exercise: Swimming, walking on the beach.

Holidays: Vale do Lobo, Portugal.

Favourite TV programme: Have I Got News For You.

Favourite radio programme: Tonight with Vincent Browne, RTE Radio One.

Car: Mitsubishi Lancer.

Commuting time: 20 minutes.

Favourite airline: Delta and Aer Lingus.

The worst things about travel: Arriving in foreign cities late at night, feeling vulnerable with sinister-looking cab drivers.

Favourite bank: The three that support Junior Achievement.

Favourite tipple: Wine.

Favourite pub: Ashtons, Clonskeagh.

Favourite restaurant: La Stampa.

How do you spend your free time: Having a meal with friends.

What person do you most admire: In business, Gerry Robinson, chairman of the Granada Group.

Dying words: "They were right - too much of it does kill you".